Prelude/Angry Young Man

From the Album: The Stranger (30th Anniversary Legacy Edition)

Release Date: July 8, 2008

There's a place in the world for the angry young manWith his working class ties and his radical plansHe refuses to bend he refuses to crawlAnd he's always at home with his back to the wallAnd he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lostAnd struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his crossAnd likes to be known as the angry young man

Give a moment or two to the angry young manWith his foot in his mouth and his heart in his handHe's been stabbed in the back he's been misunderstoodIt's a comfort to know his intentions are goodAnd he sits in his room with a lock on the doorWith his maps and his medals laid out on the floorAnd he likes to be known as the angry young man

I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rageI found that just surviving was a noble fightI once believed in causes tooI had my pointless point of viewAnd life went on no matter who was wrong or right

And there's always a place for the angry young manWith his fist in the air and his head in the sandAnd he's never been able to learn from mistakesSo he can't understand why his heart always breaksAnd his honor is pure and his courage is wellAnd he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hellAnd he'll go to the grave as an angry old man

Yes there's always a place for the angry young manWith his working class ties and his radical plansHe refuses to bend he refuses to crawlAnd he's always at home with his back to the wallAnd he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lostAnd struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his crossAnd likes to be known as the angry young man